WWII veteran and 'Toccoa Original' dies at age 101
One of the country's first paratroopers, he jumped into Normandy on D-Day and was still jumping out of planes at age 99.
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World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday
World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday Wesley Farnsworth © Wesley Farnsworth World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, poses for a photo during a 100th birthday celebration held in his honor April 23 in Xenia, Ohio. Martin served as a paratrooper assigned to 101st Airborne Division, 506th Infantry Regiment, G Company, out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH What do the construction of the Empire State Building, Prohibition, the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, the Holocaust, World War II, Vietnam, the first man in space and Sept. 1...
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